Lack of timely access to tubal ligation increases risks of unintended pregnancy

Penava, Deborah; Daskalopoulos, Rina; Nisker, Jeff; Hammond, Jo-Anne

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2005.08.002

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Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 1-3, January 2006

Lack of timely access to tubal ligation increases risks of unintended pregnancy

Deborah Penava, MD, MPH
- Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- St. Joseph’s Health Care London, London, Ontario, Canada
- Deborah Penava MD, FRCSC, MPH, is an assistant professor and obstetrician/gynecologist practicing at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario Canada. Dr. Penava is an active researcher in women’s health outcomes, including examination of waiting times for care and access to Emergency Contraception. As a member of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC), she participates on the Obstetrics Committee and is Chair of the Women’s Health Policy committee.
- Address correspondence to Deborah A. Penava, MD, FRCSC, MPH, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, ON, Canada N6A 4V2
Rina Daskalopoulos, MSc
- Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Rina Daskalopoulos, MSc, (physiology) is a medical student at the University of Western Ontario. She was awarded a Summer Research Training Program scholarship to study the impact of extended waiting times for women waiting for tubal ligation surgery.
Jeff Nisker, MD, PhD
- Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Jeff Nisker, MD, PhD, FRCSC, is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Oncology as well as the Coordinator of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of Western Ontario. His research is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health. He is Chair of the SOGC Ethics Committee, a member of the CIHR Standing Committee on Ethics and served as Co-chair of Health Canada’s Advisory Committee on Reproductive and Genetic Technology from 1997 to 2004.
Jo-Anne Hammond, MD
- Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Jo-Anne Hammond, MD, is a family physician and assistant professor at the University of Western Ontario with a research interest in women’s health. She is the medical adviser of the Exercise and Pregnancy Lab at the University of Western Ontario and collaborates on investigation of lactobacillus in the prevention of urogenital infections in women.